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ABTA HIGHER SECONDARY TEST PAPER
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2. (a) Answer any four of the following questions, each in a complete sentence:1x4=4
(i) What instructions did her parents give the girl at the station?
Ans: The woman gave the girl detailed instructions as to where keep her thing, when not to lean out of the window and how to avoid speaking to stranger.
(ii) What were there in the large purse of the woman?
Ans: There were everything except hammer and nails in the the large purse of the woman.
(iii) Why did the boy snatch Mrs. Jones' purse?
Ans:The boy snatched Mrs. Jones' purse because he wanted to buy a pair of blue sude shoes.
(iv) What was the regular menu of Kalam's meal at home at his childhood?
Ans:The regular menu of Kalam's meal was rice, aromatic sambar, variety of sharp, home made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut chutney.
(v) Whom did the Tsar finally approach for his answer?
Ans:The Tsar finally approached the hermit for his answer.
(vi) What did the bearded man resolve to do?
Ans:The bearded man resolved to kill the Tsar on his way back from hermit's hut.
(vii) What is the function of prayer, according to Kalam's father?
Ans:Prayer makes possible a communion of spirit between people.
(viii) How does people with good eyesight behave?
Ans :People with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them.
(b) Answer any four of the following questions each in a complete sentence. 1x4=4
(i) What do the birds do to escape the hot sun?
Ans:The birds hide in cooling trees to escape the hot sun.
(ii) Why does the music of earth never cease?
Ans:The music of earth never ceases because nature's music can be heard through all seasons.
(iii) How is the soldier lying?
Ans: The soldier is lying open mouthed keeping one hand on his breast.
(iv) What does the poet mean by the word 'hollow'?
Ans: By the word 'hollow' the poet means valley.
(v) Where does the real strength of the tree lie?
Ans:The real strength of the tree lies in it's root.
(vi) What is 'leprous hide'?
Ans: 'Leprous hide' is the rough of the tree.
It also suggests the leper's skin.
(vii) What type of Sonnet is 'Sonnet no.-18'?
Ans: Sonnet no. 18 is a lyrical Shakespearean sonnet. It contains three quatrains and a couplet.
(viii) How does the poet plan to beat death?
Ans:The poet plans to beat death through his verse or poetry. (sonnet)
6. A. Do as directed.
(i) This water was then carried home for invalids (Change the voice).
Ans:People then carried this water home for invalids.
(ii) "Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?" asked the woman (Change into indirect speech).
Ans:The woman asked if she had been bothering him when she had turned that corner.
(iii) The poetry of earth is ceasing never (Make it affirmative).
Ans:The poetry of earth is continuing ever.
Ans:The poetry of earth is running ever.
The poetry of earth is always alive.
(iv) A slow stream flows and leaves long strands of silver on the bright grass. (Turn into simple sentence).
Ans:A slow stream flows leaving long strands of silver on the bright grass.
Ans:A slow stream flows to leave long strands of silver on the bright grass.
(v) All the answers being different, the Tsar agreed with none of them (Split the sentence).
Ans: All the answers were different. The Tsar agreed with none of them.
(vi) They look for someone to help them. (Use noun form of the underlined word).
Ans:They look for someone to get help from them.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or preposition
Yes really, what sort of a hunter are you, anyway? You ought to sit at home with your palpitations, and not go tracking animals. You could go hunting, but you only go to argue with people and interfere their dogs and so on. Let's change the subject in case I lose my temper.
(c) Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below:
1x1=1
The poetry of earth is ceasing never. [Options: ceasing/ceased/ceases]
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